“He’d kind of studied the depiction of evil in ‘Shane,’ presumably referring to Jack Palance. “I think I read a 20111 article somebody sent me where he’s talking about the making of ‘The Dark Knight,”’ said Stevens Jr, who was also a founding member of the AFI, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award and creator of the Kennedy Center Honors. This year, it’s “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan who will discuss the Western. “I think Robert Benton gave the first Stevens’ Lecture.” It began in 1982 “after I gave my father’s papers to the Academy, his films and my film,” revealed George Stevens Jr., the honorary Oscar-winning writer/filmmaker/producer/playwright in a recent Zoom conversation. The screening is the latest installment in the George Stevens Lecture on Directing. “Shane” won for Loyal Griggs’ breathtaking Technicolor cinematography that captures both the beauty and isolation of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole areas of Wyoming. Critically acclaimed and a hit with audiences, “Shane” contended at the Oscars for picture, director, screenplay and supporting actor for both De Wilde and Palance. Shane refuses to use his gun until the baron brings in a hired gunfighter (Jack Palance) who is the personification of evil. He ends up working for an honest, struggling rancher Joe, ( Van Heflin), his wife Marian ( Jean Arthur) and young son Joey (De Wilde) who are having problems from a vicious cattle baron and his heartless posse. Ladd, in his strongest performance, plays a world-weary gunslinger who wants to hang up his six-shooter. Be prepared to bring you handkerchiefs to the Academy Museum’s 70th anniversary screening Dec 10 at the David Geffen Theatre.
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